CRIME REPORT: Appling area shooting sends one to hospital

Memphis police are investigating a shooting that left one man in critical condition Monday night.

The incident happened at about 6 in the 6700 block of Kamali in the Appling Farms area, police said.

The 38-year-old man was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Another man is being held in the shooting, police said.

—Jody Callahan

Police search for hit-and-run driver who struck, killed pedestrian

A man was killed in Midtown early today in an apparent hit-and-run, police said.

John Thetford, 40, was found lying partially in the street and on the sidewalk in the 1200 block on Union Avenue, across from Methodist University Hospital at about 5:50.

He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The vehicle responsible may be a newer model white Chevrolet Caprice or Impala with damage to the front windshield.

—Jody Callahan

Con artist draws his route to jail

A Klondyke man claimed to be a sketch artist, but he's in jail after turning out to be a con artist, police said.

Patrick Andrews, 46, approached a waitress and her boyfriend in front of a restaurant at Main and Monroe downtown, according to an affidavit.

Andrews offered to draw a sketch of the couple and quickly produced the drawing, then held it two inches from her face. While he obstructed her vision, Andrews pulled her tip book, containing $107, out of the purse on her shoulder, police said.

The victim's boyfriend began to chase Andrews down the street toward Third Street, and an officer quickly arrived on scene, at which point Andrews tried to hand the tip book back to the boyfriend.

Police took Andrews into custody, but he resisted and tried again to run. Officers grounded him, and Andrews wound up with a minor cut on his forehead but refused medical treatment.

He is charged with theft and evading arrest and is currently in jail, pending trial Tuesday, on $100 bond.

—Amy Barnette

One in custody, another sought after robbery

After robbing a man at gunpoint over a minor traffic incident early Saturday morning, one North Memphis man is in jail on $60,000 bond, and another man is wanted.

Marcus Reed, 28, and a man known only as "Lil' Tony" or "Ray-Ray" robbed and fought with a man Reed thought had hit his car on a private lot, according to police.

Though the victim said he did not strike the vehicle, Reed hit him in the face, and the victim tried to defend himself by fighting back.

"Ray-Ray" then pulled out a pistol, the affidavit states, while Reed took $50 and a pair of eyeglasses from the victim.

The victim identified Reed in a photo lineup, but "Ray-Ray" is still on the loose, police said.

Reed is charged with aggravated robbery and due in court Tuesday.

— Amy Barnette

Man charged with aggravated assault after firing gun into North Memphis house

An East Memphis man was arrested after he fired his gun several times in a North Memphis neighborhood, finally shooting out the window of a young girl's bedroom, police said.

Tyrell Webb, 21, of East Memphis was standing outside the window, gun in hand, when the girl and her mother went outside to investigate the sounds of gunfire and shattering glass, according to the affidavit.

Officers arrived on the scene and approached Webb, but he immediately ran away.

When they found him a short time later, he had changed clothes. The discarded clothing was found a few blocks away, along with a magazine.

Webb is held on $30,000 bond and charged with aggravated assault and evading arrest.